The cool and rainy Latvian summer is a favorite for Spanish slugs and encourages them to reproduce. Slugs also have a good appetite and are not picky, causing serious trouble for gardeners.
"They are widespread throughout Latvia, not only in gardens and parks, but are also found in forests, along forest edges, so to speak, well outside the borders of gardens," Bojāre pointed out.
There are currently no national guidelines on how to combat the pests, but there is hope that...